Newsletters
Ten Forty produces a newsletter every couple of months containing news about forthcoming activities and reports on events of interest to older lesbians. If you are a lesbian over forty and want to receive our bi-monthly newsletter, email contact.
Back copies of the newsletter
March 2024
It’s Time for Lesbian Feminists to Have a Good Laugh
Books: Gender Identity: Lies and Dangers by Mexican feminist writer Laura Lecuona
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December 2023
A Statement from Indigenous Australians who supported the Voice referendum
Older Women’s Network performance ‘Not Dead Yet’
Sally Ride
Vale Dale Spender 1942 – 2023
Vale Jan Shaw 1939 – 2023
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July 2023
Women’s libraries in Australia, past and present
A brief history of women’s libraries in Britain, USA, and Australia
Lesbian and Feminist Poetry
The unveiling of Feminist Icon Zelda D’Aprano
Ten Forty goes to Canberra
Vale Julie Ryan 3 May 2023
Vale Jacqueline Hardy 16 May 2023
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March 2023
IWD lunch – women who have contributed to the improvement of women’s rights, or whose work and life have been an inspiration to us.
Gatesways Club – Lesbian Life in the UK in the 50s til the 80s
Lesbian Grandmothers Anthology
The Barbizon – A book review
Vale Vera Ray
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December 2022
How and where will we live as we age?
Book Launce of CAMP: Australia’s pioneer homosexual rights activists By Robyn Plaister and Robyn Kennedy
Thinking about our eyes
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September 2022
Books that inspired me as a child
In Memory of Suzanne Bellamy 22 September 1948–20 June 2022
In Memory of Sue Wills 1944 – 2022
How to bury your best friend.
Or – things to do before you go
Review of Beatriz Capello’s latest poetry book
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February 2022
The Big Picnic again
Country Lesbians Association
Launch of Speaking Personally – book by Pearlie McNeill
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November 2021
The big picnic
Lesbian Identity and Feminism revisited. Four speakers tell their stories and give their views.
Living Our Passion – Revisiting the 1991 Lesbian Festival
Brazen Hussies
Vale Sylvana Gruber
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September 2021
Ten Forty Matrix goes to Canberra
The Know My Name exhibition
Walking to the Edge – The travel we have done and what we want to do
Bookish Conversations with Katherine Howell
In memory of Lesley Gore and Dusty Springfield
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June 2021
An evening with poet Jacqueline Buswell.
Pioneers of Protest and Change – a book about CAMP
Review of Unseen 2021
Kate Jennings Remembered
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April 2021
The third of our bookish conversations
Review of Spanner in the Works
All About Women
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February 2021
Reviews of ‘The last migration’ and ‘Ammonite’.
Gluten free scone recipe. Download as pdf
December 2020
Technology we have used during lock down to stay connected.
The big picnic -face to face contact is so much more satisfying that Zoom.
What we learnt at the writing workshop Download as pdf
September 2020
Fled by Meg Keneally
This historical novel is based on the true story of Mary Bryant, renowned in early Australian history as the woman who made a daring and successful escape from Port Jackson, almost three years after the first fleet arrived…Download as pdf
August 2020
Climate Change, Our insane summer, and what we can do about it
This was definitely a Zoom event not to be missed. It was not simply a list of dreadful facts about climate change. Anne, an environmental officer for Inner West Council, prepared a dynamic and informative talk. She also sent us interesting ‘homework’ we could do in advance if we wished, as well as preparing visual information to illustrate her talk. This visual information showed clearly the increasing damage to our environment as a result of world increases in carbon emissions… Download as pdf
July 2020
I participated in my first Zoom experience….It was an experience sharing event for those associated with the Women’s Lands in New South Wales. Some of us, to this day, have never met…
This issue also has more COVID stories… Download as pdf
June 2020
Life in Lockdown
My life as a 75 year old radical lesbian feminist on the Old Age Pension (financial security) and living in my own house in the inner urban area of Melbourne, albeit in Lockdown, is not nearly as stressful and difficult as it is for those who have lost their jobs, are sleeping rough…. Download as pdf
May 2020
COVID Times
In Australia we have been queueing up for toilet paper, while in the United States they have been queueing up for guns. But what impact has this Covid-19 virus had on our Older Lesbian Community here in NSW? Read some of our stories here… Download as pdf
April 2020
Murder and Mayhem at Haberfield – Exploring Crime Fiction with Pearlie McNeill
Pearlie read two short story beginnings and we had to choose by voting which of these we wanted to work on. This was a hard choice as they both held our interest. Pearlie then gave each of our three groups a task to undertake using the chosen storyline… Download as pdf
February 2020
Book Review: Time to Fly – Stories of resilience from Members of Bush Lemons; Fragments to Wholesome Me – a memoir. Download as a pdf
November 2019
Being Aboriginal, Adopted and a 78er… Terra Nullius; Book Review: Crimson By Niviaq Korneliussen; Mata Hari – story of a female spy. Download as pdf
September 2019
What Makes You so uniquely You? Stories of Women’s Lands Vol 2 review, End of life choices. Download as a pdf.
July 2019
What lesbians do in books, Stories of Women’s Lands, Australia Volume 2. Download as a pdf.
May 2019
Vale Dorothy Cora. Download as a pdf.
Jan 2019
AGM 2017– 2018, Pearlie’s Ednas speech, Women, ageing and disadvantage. Download as a pdf.
January 2016
Imogen Cunningham, a decade of summer solstice parties, death and relationships. Download as a pdf.
November 2015
The highs and lows of trade unionism, the Berry fun weekend. Download as a pdf.
September 2015
Momentous Michfest, Spare Rib goes digital, five lesbian novels. Download as a pdf.
July 2015
Depression and gender, Vale Joy Ross. Download as a pdf.
May 2015
Berry fun weekend, Women and the peace movement, Cheek to Cheek ballroom fantasia. Download as a pdf.
September 2014
Imogens Photography, Feminism Discussed, Ten Pin Bowling. Download as a pdf.
July 2014
The Lesbian Erotic Cookbook, Sex over 40. Download as a pdf.
May 2014
Aged Care, Lesbian Cemetery, Imogens Photography. Download as a pdf.
March 2014
Suffragettes, Ten Forty Matrix incorporation, Out & About. Download as a pdf.
November 2013
55Upitty, Vale Doris Lessing. Download as a pdf.
September 2013
Fun and games, exercise and dementia. Download as a pdf.
July 2013
Indian head massage, rules for a female prime minister. Download as a pdf.
May 2013
What does ‘family’ mean to us? Shulamith Firestone 1945 – 2012. Download as a pdf.
November 2012
Esther’s nine lives book launch, When words become weapons. Download as a pdf.
September 2012
Gay Marriage: Reformist Rubbish or a Great Leap Forward? and The Political Persecution of Australia’s First Female Prime Minister. Download as a pdf.
August 2012
De-stressed Damsels and Happy Feet, Skirting Sydney. Download as a pdf.
June 2012
Ten Forty program for 2012, Elsa’s farewell, Is a woman leader possible. Download as a pdf.
November 2011
Boldly going into 2012, Sintiendo la vida. Download as a pdf.
September 2011
A lesbian night to remember, the singer who affected my life, 1943 guide to hiring women. Download as a pdf.
June 2011
Oranges are not the only fruit, secret diaries. Download as a pdf.
April 2011
The most popular lesbian films, International women’s day march . Download as a pdf.
November 2010
Trivia night, House Arrest, Grandmas don’t know everything. Download as a pdf.
September 2010
Games night, Yum cha with a twist. Download as a pdf.
July 2010
Radical Lesbians, Lesbian Separatists & Radical Feminists, Yum cha. Download as a pdf.
May 2010
Tweet tweet facebook blog things, Brazen Hussies, Feminist conference. Download as a pdf.
November 2009
Memory workshop, Care networks, Sex discrimination. Download as a pdf.
September 2009
Lesbian labels, Vale Suzanne Keys, Women earn less. Download as a pdf.
July 2009
Our lesbian herstory, Are women paid enough?, Freda du Faur. Download as a pdf.
May 2009
Ten Forty soiree, Same sex legislation, Carol Ann Duffy. Download as a pdf.
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